Snow Watch: London, Se England & E Anglia

[yamkin]

What a day it's been for the brave gritting team. We have been gritting since last night and staff are starting to get a little tired with vehicles occasionally breaking down. Salt stock is reducing at an alarming rate but I think we should be ok for the rest of the season. We have used over 1000 tons since November 2008.

We are expecting several inches of snow over night into tomorrow., hence the severe weather warning the MetO have realised for the SE including London

Gritting teams will be deployed all night into tomorrow. Believe this or not, but the whole team are really excited as some have not seen this extreme snowfall before or over 10 years.

Just a few cm's of snow here right now.

[Mike Storm]

Ive got the heavest snow yet coming down

[Sno' problem]

Its beiggning to get it's act together in the Thames Estuary, fingers, toes and eyes crossed for a streamer!

[kold weather]

I'd go as far as to say S.Essex may well see the heaviest falls its seen since Feb 1991 given the snow showers will only pick up strength in the next 6-9hrs or so as forcing increases and even 15cms may well be conservative IMO there...classic I have to miss such a great event hehe!

[Yeti]

Are you sure Dave? Earlier on today showers were moving in W/SW direction now they are moving in a straight W direction, this sucks for my location because it looks like it will be dry here for the rest of the night.

No surprises so far then

[Jason H]

On the Murr snow scale it a 7.5 again! Can't wait for the drive to work tomorrow!

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Looks like some snow has acctually settled on the M25 in Essex!!

But the M2 in Kent the whole carriageway is covered in snow.

Its going to be pure chaos tomorrow. People are so unaccustomed to this nowadays. Fun Fun Fun!

[hippyhattie]

still no snow but very strong wind that is whistling around my window panes

[Tom D]

Finally this shower is here and it's moderately heavy; settling nicely, everywhere, even the roads, now coated.

[Callie]

Hello Callie!

If you've finished your shift, best get home now as Friday Street is starting to fill up!

If not, you'll have a quiet night with the 'punters'! :lol:

Not finishing until midnight! Not sure if there will be any rooms at the Inn tonight as quite suprisingly busy!

Callie

[SussexmarkyMark]

The thing to remember is at the moment the only region that has any real forcing and instablity is indeed near the tHames with the snow streamer setting up.

However by about 2-5am the forcing will have increased quite a lot across the whole of the SE and so we should see much more in the way of shower activity in the region so no one should worry jus yet, still very much in the early stages...which bodes very well for those already having heavy snowfalls!

Latest forecast on News24 has tomorrow's frontal snow missing Sussex completely now and going direct to East Anglia. Is this likely do you know ?

[surrey slush]

Only lil bits and pieces Surrey (Heathrow way ) ....Come on streamer!!!!! :lol:

[Mike Storm]

Allmost a 'white out' event here in DA7 at the mo wonderful.... blizzard like !!

[Guest]

Just had a shower at Watford, hardly enough to cover the ground, however -2C, so that which does fall should be nice and powdery.

Can anybody do anything to keep away the warm sector due to arrive in the next 24-48 hours. It seems such a pity really because it will change nice fluffy stuff into horrible slush.

[Polar Bear]

Looks like some snow has acctually settled on the M25 in Essex!!

But the M2 in Kent the whole carriageway is covered in snow.

junction 1 2 looking a little snowy too!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/webcams/ca...c_new_southeast

[KT]

I just had a snow flurry here in Hertford Hertfordshire that lasted about 5 minutes. Theres a light covering of snow on cars, paths and roads. No snow on grass yet.

[Tom D]

Oh this is excellent now! We've got about 1-2cm already. I know it's just a shower but if there's more it'll be excellent. -3.3c now!

[Andy H]

Now have a covering and getting heavier showers now

[Costa Del Fal]

Enjoy you lot because it seems not much will get here anymore. :lol:

So much for the 10cm expected over here.

[saint]

Its going to be pure chaos tomorrow. People are so unaccustomed to this nowadays. Fun Fun Fun!

Looks like alot of agencies haven't sent gritters out!! and i think grit doesn't acctually melt snow if it's laid on top of the snow, i thought only ice.

[snowwonder]

Is Luton too far north for this band of showers/thames streamer?? We have a good covering from early shower. Met office radar is soooo slow so I cant work out which way these are heading if its ne to sw then they will miss me but straight e to w then i will be in firing line. Any ideas?? :lol:

[essex coast matt]

slight dusting here now from showers last few hours, bit of a break at mo from them, -1.3C and with a about 30mph east wind :lol:

[Jason H]

Allmost a 'white out' event here in DA7 at the mo wonderful.... blizzard like !!

The same at DA6 :lol:

[NorwichDude 7]

Will the snow flakes get bigger later? all we have is very smal flakes, giving a powdery dusting..